WorksheetsU.S. Top. 8.2 The Cold War Heats Up
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?
South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea
North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea
Stalemate, with the boarder remaining at the 38th parallell
The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part
The main goal of the _____ was to stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
iron curtain
Warsaw Pact
_____ was the leader of the Communists in China.
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _____.
Guatemala
Hungary
the Middle East
Korea
The _____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
Communists
Nationalists
South Koreans
North Koreans
In a capitalist system,
the state controls economic activity.
private citizens control economic activity.
elected officials control economic activity.
the dictator controls economic activity.
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
the Marshall Plan.
the formation of NATO.
efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
promote free elections in Europe.
restrict the spread of communism.
force Germany to pay war reparations.
maintain international peace through the UN.
The leader of the Communist victory in China was
Chou En – lai.
Mao Zedong.
Chiang Kai – shek
The leader of the losing Nationalist side in China was
Chou En – lai.
Chiang Kai – shek
Mao Zedong
The part of China to where the Nationalists went was
South Korea.
Taiwan.
Hong Kong.
The Communist portion of Korea was
The People’s Republic of North Korea.
The Democratic Republic of Japan & Korea. The Democratic
Republic of South Korea.
The pro – U.S. part of Korea was
The People’s Republic of North Korea.
The Democratic Republic of Japan & Korea.
The Democratic Republic of South Korea.
The division of the two Koreas was
The Yalu River
The 38th Parallel.
The Pusan Perimeter.
On June 25th, 1950
North Korean forces invaded South Korea.
Communist Chinese forces invaded North Korea.
Communist Chinese forces attacked U.S./U.N. forces in Northern Korea.
The overall commander of U.S./U.N. forces in Korea, June 1950 – April 1951 was
General Douglas MacArthur.
General Mark Clark.
Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway
On April 11th, 1951, President Truman
placed General Douglas MacArthur in command in Korea.
removed Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway from his command in Korea, replacing him with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
removed General Douglas MacArthur from his command in Korea.
The fighting in Korea could best be described as
a series of U.S./U.N. victories.
a series of Chinese victories.
a stalemate, with neither side winning, and see-saw battles.
On July 27th, 1953
the Chinese/North Korean forces signed an armistice with the United States/United Nations forces.
the Chinese Army at last defeated the United States/United Nations forces.
the Soviet/Chinese forces at last defeated the United States/United Nations forces.
